PEORIA – A South Peoria man faces more than a dozen traffic violations along with drug and burglary charges after being pulled from a vehicle that crashed while fleeing police.

Lovell T. Eggleston, 25, of 918 S. Greenlawn St. was released from the Peoria County Jail on Sunday after posting $500 bail for 17 traffic tickets, according to jail records.

Eggleston was issued notices to appear in court on charges of distributing a controlled substance, residential burglary, possessing less than 2.5 grams of marijuana, resisting arrest and obstructing an officer.

He was pulled from a vehicle that crashed about 10:10 p.m. Thursday night at the intersection of University Street and Columbia Terrace after three other occupants fled from the wreck, according to a Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report.

Deputies were dispatched minutes earlier to the alley north of Laura Avenue in West Peoria on a suspicious vehicle. As one deputy arrived, the vehicle drove across a grassy area to avoid the squad car and took off on Sterling Avenue, eventually making its way to Main Street in Peoria.

The report noted the car sped away at 70 mph through a construction zone on Main Street before turning northbound on Elmwood Avenue and eastbound on Columbia Terrace.

The suspect vehicle ran a red light at University and Columbia Terrace, where it collided with a vehicle, spun around and came to rest on a sidewalk.

Eggleston was pulled from the vehicle but declined to speak with officers without a lawyer present. A deputy noted in a report that Eggleston had bruising consistent with hitting the steering wheel, but he told medical personnel that he was a passenger in the vehicle.